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One of the most predominant and celebrated rock bands of all time, prog- and space-rock legends, known for superlative musicianship.
Pink Floyd
Let There Be More Light (Roger Waters) 5:36
Remember a Day (Richard Wright) 4:32
from A Saucerful Of Secrets 1968
"Gathered together in a cave without a flashlight so to speak." (Tony Meador)
The most popular and influential rock act of all time, a band that blazed several new trails for popular music. So much has been said and written about the Beatles -- and their story is so mythic in its sweep -- that it's difficult to summarize their career without restating clichés that have already been digested by tens of millions of rock fans. To start with the obvious, they were the greatest and most influential act of the rock era, and introduced more innovations into popular music than any other rock band of the 20th century.
Major British blues bandleader who, starting in London in 1963, featured some of the most successful rock musicians of the '60s and '70s. / Throughout the '60s, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers acted as a finishing school for the leading British blues-rock musicians of the era. Guitarists Eric Clapton, Peter Green, and Mick Taylor joined his band in a remarkable succession in the mid-'60s, honing their chops with Mayall before going on to join Cream, Fleetwood Mac, and the Rolling Stones, respectively. John McVie and Mick Fleetwood, Jack Bruce, Aynsley Dunbar, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Andy Fraser (of Free), John Almond, and Jon Mark also played and recorded with the band for varying lengths of times in the '60s.
An early highlight of the British Invasion that artfully chronicled British life past and present, fueled by the songwriting genius of Ray Davies.
A master of British folk/blues guitar who influenced countless artists with his self-penned solo work and his tenure with folk-rock heroes Pentangle.
Bert Jansch
Jack Orion (Traditional) 9:50
Blackwaterside (Traditional) 3:49
from Jack Orion 1965
After presenting almost all-original sets on his first two albums (albeit originals that sometimes borrowed heavily from traditional folk themes), Jansch opted to devote all of his third LP to traditional folk numbers. His future Pentangle partner John Renbourn joins him on four of the eight songs. Highlights include the ten-minute title track (whose length was a real oddity on contemporary folk albums of the time)... Not as original as the artist's first two LPs, the guitar and vocal work on these adaptations were still as influential to the '60s folk world as anything else in Jansch's catalog.
The giant of postwar blues, who eloquently defined Chicago's swaggering, Delta-rooted sound with his declamatory vocals and piercing slide guitar.
Muddy Waters
My Home Is in the Delta (McKinley Morganfield) 4:00
Long Distance Call (McKinley Morganfield) 3:32
My Captain (Willie Dixon) 5:12
from Folk Singer 1964
Muddy's "unplugged" album was cut in September of 1963 and still sounds fresh and vital today. It was Muddy simply returning to his original style on a plain acoustic guitar in a well-tuned room with Willie Dixon on string bass, Clifton James on drums, and Buddy Guy on second acoustic guitar. The nine tracks are divvied up between full rhythm section treatments with Buddy and Muddy as a duo...
Iconic singer/songwriter and musical wanderer who rose to prominence during the '60s folk revival and changed the world of music.
Bob Dylan
All I Really Want To Do (Bob Dylan) 4:05
Spanish Harlem Incident (Bob Dylan) 2:25
Motorpsycho Nitemare (Bob Dylan) 4:33
from Another Side of Bob Dylan 1964
The other side of Bob Dylan referred to in the title is presumably his romantic, absurdist, and whimsical one -- anything that wasn't featured on the staunchly folky, protest-heavy Times They Are a-Changin', really. Because of this, Another Side of Bob Dylan is a more varied record and it's more successful, too, since it captures Dylan expanding his music, turning in imaginative, poetic performances on love songs and protest tunes alike... The result is one of his very best records, a lovely intimate affair.
A pioneer of soul-jazz who revolutionized the Hammond organ, turning it into one of the most incisive, dynamic jazz instruments of its time.
Jimmy Smith
Prayer Meeting (Jimmy Smith) 5:44
Stone Cold Dead in the Market (Wilmoth Houdini) 3:43
Red Top (Gene Ammons) 7:36
from Prayer Meetin' 1963
Playing piano-style single-note lines on his Hammond B-3 organ, Jimmy Smith revolutionized the use of the instrument in a jazz combo setting in the mid-'50s and early '60s, and arguably his best albums for Blue Note during this period were the ones he did with tenor sax player Stanley Turrentine. Recorded on February 8, 1963, at Van Gelder Studio in New Jersey, and featuring Quentin Warren on guitar and Donald Bailey on drums in addition to Smith and Turrentine, Prayer Meetin' is a delight from start to finish. Forming a perfect closure to Smith's trio of albums with Turrentine (Midnight Special and Back at the Chicken Shack were both released in 1960), Prayer Meetin' was the last of four albums Smith recorded in a week to finish off his Blue Note contract before leaving for Verve...
The ultimate instrumental rock band, boasting a dual-guitar lineup and tight rhythms that earned them several big hits during the '60s.
The Ventures
Pipeline (Bob Spickard) 2:20
Diamonds (Jerry Lordan) 2:15
Windy and Warm (John D. Loudermilk) 2:25
from Surfing 1963
The Ventures were not a surf band. Well-established before surf music's brief heyday in the mid-'60s, they have nonetheless been easily lumped in with the likes Dick Dale and the Challengers due mostly to the Ventures' theme for Hawaii Five-0 and a penchant for Hawaiian shirts late in their career. However, their Surfing album is not hindered by a lack of authentication. Perhaps because they were older, or were more professional musicians, Surfing sounds less like an actual surfer's attempt at re-creating the feeling on their boards and more like a cloudy, early-morning walk on the beach, evoked by languid...
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1968-1963
Pink Floyd
Let There Be More Light (Roger Waters) 5:36
Remember a Day (Richard Wright) 4:32
from A Saucerful Of Secrets 1968
"Gathered together in a cave without a flashlight so to speak." (Tony Meador)
A transitional album on which the band moved from Syd Barrett's relatively concise and vivid songs to spacy, ethereal material with lengthy instrumental passages. Barrett's influence is still felt, and much of the material retains a gentle, fairy-tale ambience. ..on "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun," "Let There Be More Light," and the lengthy instrumental title track, the band begin to map out the dark and repetitive pulses that would characterize their next few records.
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (John Lennon / Paul McCartney) 2:02
With a Little Help from My Friends (John Lennon / Paul McCartney) 2:44
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds (John Lennon / Paul McCartney) 3:28
from Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 1967
With Revolver, the Beatles made the Great Leap Forward, reaching a previously unheard-of level of sophistication and fearless experimentation. Sgt. Pepper, in many ways, refines that breakthrough, as the Beatles consciously synthesized such disparate influences as psychedelia, art-song, classical music, rock & roll, and music hall, often in the course of one song... After Sgt. Pepper, there were no rules to follow -- rock and pop bands could try anything, for better or worse. Ironically, few tried to achieve the sweeping, all-encompassing embrace of music as the Beatles did here.
A Hard Road (John Mayall) 3:09
You Don't Love Me (Willie Cobbs) 2:48
The Supernatural (Peter Green) 2:57
from A Hard Road 1967
Eric Clapton is usually thought of as John Mayall's most important right-hand man, but the case could also be made for his successor, Peter Green. The future Fleetwood Mac founder leaves a strong stamp on his only album with the Bluesbreakers, singing a few tracks and writing a couple, including the devastating instrumental "Supernatural." Green's use of thick sustain on this track clearly pointed the way to his use of guitar riffs with elongated, slithery tones on Fleetwood Mac's "Albatross" and "Black Magic Woman," as well as anticipating some aspects of Carlos Santana's style...
Party Line (Dave Davies / Ray Davies) 2:31
Rosie Won't You Please Come Home (Ray Davies) 2:28
Dandy (Ray Davies) 2:07
from Face to Face 1966
The Kink Kontroversy was a considerable leap forward in terms of quality, but it pales next to Face to Face, one of the finest collections of pop songs released during the '60s. Conceived as a loose concept album, Face to Face sees Ray Davies' fascination with English class and social structures flourish, as he creates a number of vivid character portraits. Davies' growth as a lyricist coincided with the Kinks' musical growth... making the record one of the most distinctive and accomplished albums of its time.
The Animals
Don't Bring Me Down (Gerry Goffin / Carole King) 3:11
See See Rider (Ma Rainey / Traditional) 3:59
Sweet Little Sixteen (Chuck Berry) 3:04
from Animalization 1966
The U.S. version of the British Animalisms album... it's still a great record, if not as cohesive as the U.K. version, and was the last original Animals LP to attract many buyers in the U.S. The song content of both versions has been assembled on Repertoire's 2000 release of Animalisms.
The most popular and influential rock act of all time, a band that blazed several new trails for popular music.
The Beatles
Help! (John Lennon / Paul McCartney) 2:19
The Night Before (John Lennon / Paul McCartney) 2:34
I Need You (George Harrison) 2:28
Yesterday (John Lennon / Paul McCartney) 2:05
from Help! 1965
Considering that Help! functions as the Beatles' fifth album and as the soundtrack to their second film -- while filming, they continued to release non-LP singles on a regular basis -- it's not entirely surprising that it still has some of the weariness of Beatles for Sale... George is writing again and if his two contributions don't touch Lennon and McCartney's originals, they hold their own against much of their British pop peers... and "Yesterday," a simple, beautiful ballad whose arrangement -- an acoustic guitar supported by a string quartet -- and composition suggested much more sophisticated and adventurous musical territory, which the group immediately began exploring with Rubber Soul.
Don't Bring Me Down (Gerry Goffin / Carole King) 3:11
See See Rider (Ma Rainey / Traditional) 3:59
Sweet Little Sixteen (Chuck Berry) 3:04
from Animalization 1966
The U.S. version of the British Animalisms album... it's still a great record, if not as cohesive as the U.K. version, and was the last original Animals LP to attract many buyers in the U.S. The song content of both versions has been assembled on Repertoire's 2000 release of Animalisms.
The Beatles
Help! (John Lennon / Paul McCartney) 2:19
The Night Before (John Lennon / Paul McCartney) 2:34
I Need You (George Harrison) 2:28
Yesterday (John Lennon / Paul McCartney) 2:05
from Help! 1965
Considering that Help! functions as the Beatles' fifth album and as the soundtrack to their second film -- while filming, they continued to release non-LP singles on a regular basis -- it's not entirely surprising that it still has some of the weariness of Beatles for Sale... George is writing again and if his two contributions don't touch Lennon and McCartney's originals, they hold their own against much of their British pop peers... and "Yesterday," a simple, beautiful ballad whose arrangement -- an acoustic guitar supported by a string quartet -- and composition suggested much more sophisticated and adventurous musical territory, which the group immediately began exploring with Rubber Soul.
Bert Jansch
Jack Orion (Traditional) 9:50
Blackwaterside (Traditional) 3:49
from Jack Orion 1965
After presenting almost all-original sets on his first two albums (albeit originals that sometimes borrowed heavily from traditional folk themes), Jansch opted to devote all of his third LP to traditional folk numbers. His future Pentangle partner John Renbourn joins him on four of the eight songs. Highlights include the ten-minute title track (whose length was a real oddity on contemporary folk albums of the time)... Not as original as the artist's first two LPs, the guitar and vocal work on these adaptations were still as influential to the '60s folk world as anything else in Jansch's catalog.
Muddy Waters
My Home Is in the Delta (McKinley Morganfield) 4:00
Long Distance Call (McKinley Morganfield) 3:32
My Captain (Willie Dixon) 5:12
from Folk Singer 1964
Muddy's "unplugged" album was cut in September of 1963 and still sounds fresh and vital today. It was Muddy simply returning to his original style on a plain acoustic guitar in a well-tuned room with Willie Dixon on string bass, Clifton James on drums, and Buddy Guy on second acoustic guitar. The nine tracks are divvied up between full rhythm section treatments with Buddy and Muddy as a duo...
Bob Dylan
All I Really Want To Do (Bob Dylan) 4:05
Spanish Harlem Incident (Bob Dylan) 2:25
Motorpsycho Nitemare (Bob Dylan) 4:33
from Another Side of Bob Dylan 1964
The other side of Bob Dylan referred to in the title is presumably his romantic, absurdist, and whimsical one -- anything that wasn't featured on the staunchly folky, protest-heavy Times They Are a-Changin', really. Because of this, Another Side of Bob Dylan is a more varied record and it's more successful, too, since it captures Dylan expanding his music, turning in imaginative, poetic performances on love songs and protest tunes alike... The result is one of his very best records, a lovely intimate affair.
Jimmy Smith
Prayer Meeting (Jimmy Smith) 5:44
Stone Cold Dead in the Market (Wilmoth Houdini) 3:43
Red Top (Gene Ammons) 7:36
from Prayer Meetin' 1963
Playing piano-style single-note lines on his Hammond B-3 organ, Jimmy Smith revolutionized the use of the instrument in a jazz combo setting in the mid-'50s and early '60s, and arguably his best albums for Blue Note during this period were the ones he did with tenor sax player Stanley Turrentine. Recorded on February 8, 1963, at Van Gelder Studio in New Jersey, and featuring Quentin Warren on guitar and Donald Bailey on drums in addition to Smith and Turrentine, Prayer Meetin' is a delight from start to finish. Forming a perfect closure to Smith's trio of albums with Turrentine (Midnight Special and Back at the Chicken Shack were both released in 1960), Prayer Meetin' was the last of four albums Smith recorded in a week to finish off his Blue Note contract before leaving for Verve...
The Ventures
Pipeline (Bob Spickard) 2:20
Diamonds (Jerry Lordan) 2:15
Windy and Warm (John D. Loudermilk) 2:25
from Surfing 1963
The Ventures were not a surf band. Well-established before surf music's brief heyday in the mid-'60s, they have nonetheless been easily lumped in with the likes Dick Dale and the Challengers due mostly to the Ventures' theme for Hawaii Five-0 and a penchant for Hawaiian shirts late in their career. However, their Surfing album is not hindered by a lack of authentication. Perhaps because they were older, or were more professional musicians, Surfing sounds less like an actual surfer's attempt at re-creating the feeling on their boards and more like a cloudy, early-morning walk on the beach, evoked by languid...
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